![]() Inside, walls are framed out with wood and drywall and filled with closed-foam insulation, which is more airtight and provides a better moisture barrier than its open-foam counterpart. One of the most common questions about container homes is how they are insulated. Main staircase Photo by Kelly Gray/Indy Realty Pics The company is also working on multiple custom homes. Lewis said he expects those to hit the market in mid-summer. The company has another one under construction in Bates-Hendricks and plans to break ground soon on an eight-unit townhome community in Kennedy-King. We checked with the city,” says Mike Lewis, founder of Custom Container Builders, the home’s developer. The Price project in Kennedy-King became the first local example of a shipping-container residence when it listed last week. The company was featured on HGTV’s show Container Homes, and since 2014, such projects have made up about 20 percent of its business. IT TOOK AWHILE for shipping-container homes to come to Indianapolis (insert landlocked joke here), but the first one that arrived is extra-special-it’s designed by Travis Price Architects in Washington, D.C., a firm that specializes in reconfiguring the steel boxes into buildings. Front exterior Photo by Kelly Gray/Indy Realty Pics
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